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Sarb returns to court amid secret meeting claims
New court documents allege South Africa’s public protector might have had “ulterior purpose”; secret meeting with presidency revealed
Bank of Canada rebuts ‘epic fail’ communication claim
Central bank’s head of comms rejects criticism from Bank of Montreal that policymakers failed to properly signal its recent rate hike
Kosovo governor Hamza resigns to become finance minister
Deputy governor for financial supervision named as interim head
PBoC dials back on forex controls
Renminbi ends 11-day rise after the central bank relaxes reserve requirements; analysts view move as attempt to end one-way trading
Philadelphia Fed launches new research institute
Research body is tasked with better understanding consumer behaviour, particularly in relation to financial markets
Benoît Cœuré: exchange rate pass-through has fallen for eurozone
ECB board member calls for reconsideration of IS curve modelling
Irish governor calls for fiscal prudence
The government’s debt target may need to be revised, argues Lane
Argentina attempts to speed up financial transactions
The central bank will allow the public to directly submit their tax returns to banks, as part of a series of measures designed to boost credit
Swift helps US real-time payments movement gain traction
The Clearing House will use Swift’s messaging software as “gateway” to new system, set to go live in 2018 after pilot phase
Mark Carney takes over two BIS chairmanships
Bank of England governor adds two further chair positions to his several existing roles, taking over from Agustín Carstens
Bad assets ‘keep me awake at nights’ – RBI deputy governor
Reform proceeding at a “glacial pace”, says Viral Acharya
Brazil’s central bank creates DLT-based failsafe for RTGS
New system, designed as last line of defence, lacks appropriate privacy, central bank concludes; established solutions also ruled out as alternatives
Riksbank: housing market is a ‘serious threat’ to stability
Swedish central bank welcomes amortisation proposals, but says further measures may be needed
Bank swap rate reforms going well, Australian deputy governor says
Guy Debelle says BBSW rate will be strengthened by changes
Dispelling the German monetary myth
Economic historian Simon Mee finds the famous German aversion to inflation was the product of political battles in the mid-twentieth century
Central banks unlikely to issue digital money, argues author
David Birch’s book discusses how communities could be at the heart of the new electronic monetary system
ECB will take ‘bulk of decisions’ on asset purchases in October – Draghi
ECB staff revise eurozone inflation decisions downwards despite higher expected growth
Sveriges Riksbank changes monetary policy framework
Swedish central bank formally adopts CPIF and leaves policy rate unchanged
Q&A: Asia’s caught in the Basel crossfire – Andrew Sheng
Veteran regulator says international standards may be the wrong medicine for emerging markets
Stanley Fischer announces October resignation from Fed
Vice-chair to step down in October “for personal reasons”, eight months before scheduled
Oman’s sultan replaces governor and restructures board
Second-longest serving governor leaves as oil prices put economy under pressure
Vietnamese government criticises central bank
Anti-corruption agency denounces inadequate banking supervision
Six large banks join UBS digital currency project
UBS announces the third phase of its digital currency project; analysts question whether the project can deliver all it promises
Irish central bank updates minimum competency standards
Mortgage institutions must give board members annual training; the move brings regulations into line with updated European laws